Fattoria Le Pupille, Saffredi, Toscana IGT 2017
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
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- Vintage2017
- ColourRed
- ProducerFattoria Le Pupille
- CountryItaly
- RegionTuscany
- Sub RegionToscana
- DesignationIGT
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV14.5
- LWIN11037152017
- Avg. Critic Score4★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
Just bottled, the 2017 Saffredi is a huge, unctuous wine that captures all the natural richness of the year in spades. Rich and super-concentrated, with huge fruit, the 2017 is going to need a number of years to shed some of its baby fat, but it is a superb wine in the making. Coffee, licorice and spice all develop, and yet it is the wine's sheer depth that leaves the lasting impression.
- Drinking Window: 2025 - 2042
- Reviewer Name: Antonio Galloni
- Review Date: March 2020
This vintage is remembered for the heat and the dry growing conditions that continued throughout the summer months. The 2017 Saffredi represents a valiant effort of winemaker against weather. This estate, located not too far from Grosseto on the Tuscan coast, is used to hot growing seasons, and there is something in its DNA that better prepares a winery like Fattoria le Pupille to navigate the effects of climate change. I think it is fair to read the 2017 vintage in that context. You get dark fruit, leather and tobacco spread over a more exuberant, full-bodied approach. Toasted coffee bean and espresso also appears. Natural freshness is ultimately what ties this wine expertly together.
- Drinking Window: 2020 - 2038
- Reviewer Name: Monica Larner
- Review Date: May 2024